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| This is the foreword that appears in the booklet prepared by Edith Ham of Brantford, Ontario in July 1935: | |
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To my readers, I wish to say, that I have tried to produce a little book of genealogy that will, at the same time, please and instruct you. I am aware of the many failings, but am hopeful that I have succeeded in making it interesting to all who have descended from Angus McCuaig McLeod. It is the purpose of the book to keep as true a record of his descendants as it is possible to obtain and the notices of the births, marriages and deaths sent in from the various families, as they occur, will be very greatly appreciated. With this cooperation, we may hope to have, perhaps in 1940, a more correct edition, and, if possible, a more pretentious one in that, if the necessary information is sent in, we may plan to have it printed and attractively bound. We shall, also, hope to have a chapter on Islay and some facts of interest pertaining to the overseas branch of our large McLeod family. Most of the lists from the different branches were sent in, not later than the year |
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1933, but owing to circumstances over which I had no control, I was unable to assemble these until this present time. Therefore, I appeal confidently to all for generous forgiveness for the many mistakes and earnestly for the many mistakes and ask for kindly correction on any point. The information relating to the history of the clan has been culled from different authorities and clan members and has been compiled from all the available sources of information I could find. To each and all of these, we owe our grateful thanks, and without whose useful help this booklet would have been an impossible task. I trust also that in each member of the far scattered families of the four brothers who came to Canada, there will awaken a deep sense of gratitude for the benefits we are deriving from their arduous labours in clearing a way through the forest to make a home in a new and strange land. In the race for ease and opulance on the part of the people of this country, there is a danger that brave pioneers and their works may be forgotten unless some records of their noble deeds are handed down to the future. Perhaps, in a very small way, this may serve as a tribute to their memory and to the memory also of their two sisters, one of whom crossed the sea to make her home here, and one who bravely bade farewell to them and remained in the homeland to rear a splendid family that has upheld fine ideals of the clan and attained high positions of trust in its native land. |
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History
of
one McLeod Family in Ontario